Beit Chana Seminary, Tzfat
Program for students from abroad
Kiryat Chabad, Tzfat · Year after high school
We haven't found a video by the school or an openly licensed photo of it. Their own photos are linked further down the page.
A Chabad-Lubavitch teachers' seminary in Tzfat, founded for Israeli high-school graduates, that also runs a program for graduates of religious high schools abroad. The school says the program is accredited by the Israeli government and leads to a teaching certificate for students who meet all the requirements. Classes and programs use both Hebrew and English.
This school publishes very little about its program online, so many details are blank. Contact the office directly.
At a glance
- Founded
- 1976-77 (the Hebrew year 5737) Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Students
- The overseas (Chul) program is for graduates of religious high schools abroad. Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Outlook, in its words
- "An educational school for young Lubavitch women" Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Program
- Year after high school Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Location
- Kiryat Chabad, Tzfat (North) Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Price
- Not published. Ask what's included.
Not on their website when we checked: class size, housing.
Learning, cost and credit
- What's taught
- Limudei Kodesh, Chassidus, Teacher training and teaching experience
- With Israelis
- The seminary was set up for Israeli graduates and many students are Hebrew speakers, so many classes and announcements are in Hebrew. The school says applicants need fluent Hebrew.
- Who runs it
- Rabbi Chitrik, principal
- Also on their site
- Government "Morot Lagolah" teaching certificate
- Full-day schedule with evening classes and programs
- Price
- No price is published on their website. Ask the school, and ask what's included.
- Masa grants
- Their website doesn't say. Most year programs are registered with Masa, so ask. How Masa works
- College credit
- Their website doesn't say. How credit works
Photos and videos
We don't copy pictures from the school's website, so their own galleries and social pages are linked instead.
Where it is
Address on their website: Kiryat Chabad, Mount Canaan, Tzfat
See it on the map
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Approximate: their website gives no street address we could place, so the pin marks the neighborhood, village or campus.
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Nearby
Straight-line distances, to give a sense of the area. Walking and driving routes are longer.
- Tzfat Central Bus Station990 m · 0.6 mi
- Old City of Tzfat1.2 km · 0.8 mi
- Meron6.6 km · 4.1 mi
- Tiberias19.1 km · 11.9 mi
- Ben Gurion Airport121.9 km · 75.7 mi
The area in pictures
These show the neighborhood, not the school itself.
The year in detail
As described on the school's own website. A missing heading means their site didn't say.
- Language
- Hebrew and English are both used; farbrengens, announcements and many classes are in Hebrew, and applicants to the Chul program need a good command of both languages.
- A typical day
- The Menahel's letter describes a full-day learning schedule with evening classes and programs: 27 courses a week, mostly Kodesh plus compulsory education courses set by the Ministry of Education, in 70-minute classes.
- Campus and housing
- An education campus of about 10 dunams on Mount Canaan in Tzfat with classrooms, dormitory rooms, computer labs, an auditorium, a dining room, gardens and lawns, with views of Mount Meron and the Kinneret.
- Rules they publish
- A high tzniyus standard is required, described as a 'Chassidishe Chareidishe look' covering dress, skirt length, makeup and hair; applicants must read a Tzniyut protocol before registering. Attendance is strict: absences over 20%, a failed test or not passing the First Aid course can block the diploma.
- After the year
- The program is accredited by the Israeli government and grants a 'Morot Lagolah' teaching certificate to students who complete all requirements (the certificate requires a recognized foreign high school diploma). A separate three-year Israeli track exists with very limited places for overseas students.
- Staff named on their site
- Mrs. Chani Mor Yosef - Assistant principal (seminary)
- Mrs. Leah Friedman - Chief treasurer; tuition for the Chul program
- Mrs. Neta Barda - Contact for registration questions
- Rabbi Shlomo Raskin - Head of the Beit Chana institutions (CEO)
